Printing and numbering press



UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

GEORGE J. HILL, OF BUFFALO, NEW' YORK.

PRINTING AND NUMBERING PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. HILL, of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination Printing and Numbering Presses: and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention relates, 1st, to the combination and use of a numbering machine with a printing press so that rail road tickets, cards, &c., may be printed and numbered in the same operation; 2, in the construction of an adjustable plate, for holding the card, or paper, and for guiding the numbering type while the number is printed.

Figure I is an end elevation, representing a printing press, and a numbering machine as combined. Fig. II,-is a bottom plan view of the same, showing also, an adjustable spring pawl (or dog) for the purpose of giving a proper movement to the numbers. Fig. III, is a plan ot the numbering machine. Fig. IV, is an elevation of the same, showing also, how the spring pawl strikes the numbering machine, to give it the proper turn, for each number. Fig. V, is an elevation of one of the inside type wheels. Fig. VI, is a plan of the adjustable plate for holding the card or paper, and guiding the numbering type. Fig. VII, is a cross section of the guiding which is connected to the plate. This guide has a slot (f2) through which the numbers pass when the impression is made and which also serves the purpose to keep the numbers in line when the impression is made.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

A, represents a sliding bed plate of an ordinary printing press. A is a form of printing type and moves with it, as in ordinary printing. B, represents a numbering machine, and l, Q, 3, 4, 5, the numbering wheels, each wheel containing all the numerals, so arranged as to form any required combination.

c, c, represent a hanger, for supporting and connecting the numbering machine to the bed plate.

(ZY, CZ are bolts, which fasten the hanger to the bed plate and CZ cl2 are slots therein for adjustability, so as to bring the numbering 21,418, dated September '7, 1858.

type in the same plane with the printing tvp@- E is an adjustable plate `for holding the card or paper when the number is printed. The printing type for the body of the ticket are held in the form A and this is moved against the platen in the usual manner but the plate (E) holds the `card or paper, as against the impression of the numbering type.

f, is a guide, with a slot f2 therein. This is connected to the plate E. The slot (f2) is beveled on both edges, so as to allow the numbers to pass in easily, and insure theln to be in their proper place, at the time the impression is made.

g, is a space, between the plate E and guide f, through which the card or ticket passes.

e4 shows slots, for the adjustability of the plate E on the printing press.

F, is a spring pawl (or dog) which is attached to the printing press, and so arranged in relation to the numbering machine, as to act thereon and give, or turn into position the required number for each card or ticket printed. It is made in two parts. z` is a slot therein, and M, a thumb screw, for adjustability.

N is a pulley to which power is applied for working the machine; O, driving shaft; P, connecting rod.

Operation: The printing press is operated in a common manner. The numbering machine is connected to the bed plate, and moves with it. As the bed plate is moved inwardly, the spring pawl F, catches into the teeth of the ratchet wheel I and causes the proper movement of the required number. Suppose that number to be l. Now as the bed plate takes its next inward movement, the pawl F catches the next tooth in the ratchet wheel and brings number 2 in place and so on, up to number 9. When number 9 is printed then the next inward movement of the bed plate brings the numbering wheel around, so that the pin K, will strike the cam J', and press the pin against the spring L, so that it will catch the next numbering wheel and move it, so that naught will stand in line with number l, and thus number l0, will be printed. The next inward movement of the bed plate will bring number l of wheel l, in line with number l of wheel 2, and thus 1l, will be printed and so on up to 19. When 19 is printed, the next inward movement of the bed plate brings the pin K, again in contact with spring L, so that it Will catch the 2d Wheel, and the lst and 2d Wheels are the-n moved together, so that number 2, and naught are in line, and 20 is then printed, and so on up to 99. lVhen 99 is printed then the next inward movement of the bed plate, causes the cam J to strike the pin K which presses against spring L and spring L presses against spring L2, which catches the 3d Wheel, and YWheels l, 2, and 3 are thereby moved, so as to bring the number 100 in line, which is then printed, and thus the operation can be carried on, until 99,999 is printed, and then the Wheels can be reset in their original relative position to each other and the Whole operation can be repeated. Each Wheel has the nine numerals and cipher thereon. In this operation the first card or ticket printed Will be numbered at the same time the second card or ticket is printed, and so on through the Whole operation. The Wheels can be set, so as to commence With any desired number. 'Ihe type and type numbers may be inked, in a common manner.

My improvement also applies to cylinder printing presses. i

`What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a numbering machine (B) and paWl F (or its equivalent) with a printing press, for the purposes, and substantially as herein set forth.

2. I also claim the adjustable plate E, in combination with the numbering machine B, for the purposes and substantially as herein described.

GEORGE J. HILL. Witnesses:

SIMON D. ROCKWELL, IV. H. FoRBUsH. 

